Your volume + your agreement
A different mix.
A different tier.
See how a new shipping mix affects your tier—and the offer that works best.
IntroducingAgentic Parcel Management.
ParcelAdvisor’s agents watch your shipping, contracts, and the carrier market, then quantify the cost impact of changes and recommend what to do next.
From a carrier change to a stronger agreement
The market keeps moving.
Your agreement can stay the same. The costs behind it don’t.
See how it works20 months. 20 carrier update dates.
Same shipments. Same agreement.
+0.0%carrier-driven costFuel prices held constant
Dec 22, 2024. Same shipments. Same agreement.. Current carrier-driven modeled cost change, with fuel prices held constant: 0.0 percent.
0% baseline
UPS · Dec ’24Aug ’26
Same shipments. Same agreement. Carrier fuel-table changes included.
What changed behind the cost?
The annual rate increase was only part of the story. Fuel tables, area fees, surcharges, and package rules kept changing, too.
- With market fuel-price changes
- +22.5%
- Fuel prices held constant · replay
- +19.8%
Cumulative modeled cost change · Baseline = 0%
20 carrier-update dates
71 market-fuel bracket changes
How this was calculated
Not an industry average or a change in billed spend.
A source-complete subset of one shipment week is repriced from December 22, 2024 through August 23, 2026. The shipment basket, agreement snapshot, earned tier, and zones are held constant. This is not a contract-amendment mitigation comparison. The animated replay uses the fixed-fuel line: market fuel prices stay at the baseline to isolate carrier-controlled changes, including changes to UPS’s fuel tables. Fuel surcharges are not removed.
The catalog contains 23 carrier cost layers across 20 dates; some have no modeled impact on this basket. Co-effective layers are combined for the chart. A standard/non-high-volume demand schedule is assumed where qualification is unresolved; actual increases could be higher. Shipments with missing rate-source coverage are excluded. Individual results vary. Source: ParcelAdvisor historical cost replay, reviewed August 27, 2026.
Agentic, in action
Your agents don’t wait to be asked.
Every change starts the process.
Shipping patterns. Contract terms. Carrier and market changes.
Your agents quantify the impact, model options, and recommend your next move. They monitor results—and reassess with every change.
You lead the carrier conversations and make the decisions.
Inside ParcelAdvisor
Rebate protectionA risk surfaces
UPSProtect the quarterly rebate.
Pulse · Contract watch Needs review
Your next quarterly rebate is at risk.
Your qualifying average has slipped below the $200,000 floor.
Modeled quarterly rebate at risk$24,700
Recommendation ready
AgentsYour agents spot the rebate risk—and prepare the next move.
You negotiate and approve. The agents guide and monitor.
Modeled forward quarter: $988,000 in eligible net transportation charges. The rolling 52-week qualifying gross average is held at $195,000 throughout that quarter.
Each modeled week qualifies at or above the stated floor. The applicable rate is applied to eligible charges, with payment quarterly. All other terms are held fixed. The $24,700 credit is expected, not received.
The terms that change the answer
A better offer today. A worse deal after the GRI.
Your agents look beyond today’s savings to catch what could change the deal.
2027 GRI · projected 6–8% base-rate increase
Advisor · Proposal finding
This proposal saves money now. The missing tier could reverse those savings.
You save $1,900 a week on base transportation today. But an assumed 7% 2027 rate increase would push the same packages above the $200,000 weekly gross-transportation tier—without shipping more.
Once the higher tier qualifies, your current agreement increases your discount from 60% to 62%. The proposal leaves out that next tier and stays at 61%. You would pay $2,033 more per week than if you kept your current agreement.
My recommendation: put the next tier back in before you sign.
Keep the proposed 61% below $200,000 and restore 62% at or above it, with the same qualification rules. Preserve today’s savings without giving up your next discount.
Weekly base transportationSame packages · proposal vs. current agreement
Assumed GRI
TodaySeptember 2026
$1,900 less
per week · proposal 2.5% lower
After the modeled 2027 GRIOnce the next tier applies
$2,033 more
per week · proposal 2.63% higher
| Eligible gross / week | Current discount | Proposed discount |
|---|---|---|
| Below $200,000 | 60% | 61% |
| $200,000 and above | 62% | 61% · next tier missing |
The model applies a projected 7% increase to the same basket’s gross/list transportation charges, from $190,000 to $203,300 per week. The future comparison assumes the higher tier has qualified under the agreement’s rules.
Fuel, accessorials, and minimum-charge effects are excluded. No volume, service-mix, or other term changes. Percent differences compare the proposal with the current agreement in the same period. Restoring the upper tier brings post-GRI base transportation to $77,254 per week, matching the current agreement—not creating additional post-GRI savings.
Your operation + the carrier market
See the changes. Connect the consequences.
See which changes create a cost, a risk, or a better option.
A different mix.
Your packages + carrier rules
A new rule.
An uneven impact.
Find which services and packages bear the cost of a carrier change.
Your destinations + new options
A new carrier.
A new possibility.
Test new carriers against delivery needs, pricing, and discounts you could lose.
Renegotiate. Request a proposal. Adjust your strategy.Or stay the course.
Ask your agents
Ask the agents already working for you.
Understand a cost. Explore a what-if. Dig into a recommendation.
Ask in plain language. The same shared context—your shipments, contracts, carrier changes, and prior analysis—connects every answer and what-if.
Understand a cost
Shipping history · Current agreement · UPS fuel tables
Fuel cost analysis
Advisor recommends what to negotiate next
Model a change
Eligible shipment subset · Delivery requirements · Agreement pricing
Service-change model
Advisor identifies the exact packages to move
Test a proposal
Carrier proposal · Current agreement · Same shipment basket
Proposal review
Advisor tells you which tier to restore before signing
Always watching for what changes.
Ready for whatever you’re considering next.